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Photo winner's close-up shots

By Xinxin Xue

The world of insects has been evocatively and painstakingly captured by Satoshi Kuribuyashi, a 67-year-old freelance photographer, who won this year’s Lennart Nilsson Award.

The prize recognizes excellence in scientific photography and is awarded annually to people who make an outstanding contribution to this field of photography. Kuribuyashi’s techniques include special optical devices fitted to photographic equipment, which significantly increase the magnification of the insects he studies.

His images have provided new insights into the earth’s many ecosystems and have shown how much insects actually have in common with people. The Lennart Nilsson Award will be presented to Kuribyashi at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on 2 November 2006.

Click on any of the thumbnails below to see a larger image - they're un-bee-lievable (honk!).


    Rhinoceros beetle
    Allomyrina dichotoma





                   Honeybee
                   Apis mellifera






    Mulberry longicorn beetle
    Apriona japonica





    Mulberry longicorn beetle

    Apriona japonica






       Japanese tiger beetle

       Cicindela japonica





    Migratory locust
    Locusta migratoria





    Japanese harvester ant
    Messor aciculatus





    Lacewing
    Nacaura matsumurae





    Giant preying mantis
    Paratenodera aridifolia





    Japanese hornet
    Vespa mandarina






Your say:

"Boy, am I glad I'm not an aphid - the world would be terrifying!"
Nick, Salisbury, UK


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